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  2. Nasal polyp - Wikipedia

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    Nasal polyps resulting from chronic rhinosinusitis affect approximately 4.3% of the population. [6] Nasal polyps occur more frequently in men than women and are more common as people get older, increasing drastically after the age of 40. [6] Of people with chronic rhinosinusitis, 10% to 54% also have allergies.

  3. Nasal surgery - Wikipedia

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    Nasal surgery is a specialty including the removal of nasal obstruction that cannot be achieved by medication and nasal reconstruction. Currently, it comprises four approaches, namely rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, and turbinoplasty, targeted at different sections of the nasal cavity in the order of their external to internal positions.

  4. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery - Wikipedia

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    If any nasal polyps obstructing ventilation or drainage are present, they are also removed. [8] In the case of paranasal sinus/nasal cavity tumors (benign or cancerous), an otolaryngologist can perform FESS to remove the growths, sometimes with the help of a neurosurgeon, depending on the extent of the tumor. In some cases, a graft of bone or ...

  5. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    •Krause's nasal snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Glegg's nasal polyp snare: used to remove nasal polyps •Aural snare: used to remove aural polyps: Tonsil knife: used in tonsillectomy.incission of anterior pillar of tonsil in the beginning of operation Yorke's tonsil haemostatic clamp: haemostatic clamps: Negus' ligature slipper/knot tier

  6. Chronic atrophic rhinitis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of atrophic rhinitis can be either medical or surgical. Medical measures include: Nasal irrigation using normal saline [4] Nasal irrigation and removal of crusts using alkaline nasal solutions. 25% glucose in glycerine can be applied to the nasal mucosa to inhibit the growth of proteolytic organisms which produce foul smell.

  7. Adenoid hypertrophy - Wikipedia

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    The adenoid will shrink back to a smaller size and cause less nasal obstruction if it is acutely swollen and responds well to antibiotic and steroid therapy. After undergoing an adenoidectomy, patients usually experience improvements in their eustachian tube function, a reduction in nasal obstruction, and a decrease in excessive nasal discharge.

  8. Empty nose syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [3] [1] Whether the condition existed or not and whether surgery was a cause, was hotly debated at Nose 2000, a meeting of the International Rhinologic Society that occurs every four years, and continued to be debated thereafter at scientific meetings and in the literature; [3] [26] as an example of how heated the debate became, in a 2002 ...

  9. Rhinolith - Wikipedia

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    A rhinolith (from rhino- 'nose' and -lith 'stone') is a stone present in the nasal cavity. It is an uncommon medical phenomenon, not to be confused with dried nasal mucus. A rhinolith usually forms around the nucleus of a small exogenous foreign body, blood clot or secretion by slow deposition of calcium and magnesium carbonate and phosphate ...

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